Reports Report 3116ep (Event 3116-2024)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Kevin C |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | As I mentioned in the last field, I was on a (high school) soccer field, playing goalie. There were two towers of field lights on each side (but we had all remarked they were not as bright as they should be). It was after sunset / no sunlight in the sky. The ref said he also saw it. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Columbia, MD |
| Latitude | 39° 12' 23.38'' N (39.206495°) |
| Longitude | 76° 48' 32.92'' W (-76.809144°) |
| Elevation | 124.128967m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2024-06-25 21:30 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2024-06-26 01:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 140° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 183.12° |
| First azimuth | 188.42° |
| First elevation | 25° |
| Last azimuth | 195.71° |
| Last elevation | 15° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | After seeing the end flash lower in front of me, I felt like I'd heard something above / to my left shortly before. Sort of a firework going up sound, or - considering the sounds of the planes headed to BWI we also had, but going right to left instead of back left to front right like this - it sounded like that sound of a plane revving up to turn and land, but without the follow-up sound. All that said, I can't be 100% that I heard it, b/c the sound was before thinking it was anything odd to associate with. |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 0.25s |
| Length | 10° |
| Remarks | Mostly at the flash, there was a short trail above |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I feel it was a bright yellow light. Maybe the size of a plane at that distance? (I was playing goalie in a soccer game and when I asked if anyone else saw it, the ref - to my left / on the east side of the field - said he did as well.) |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |